Multi-millionaire lottery winning couple will keep working

The lump sum payout is about $327 million.

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John Robinson said he wasn’t nervous traveling or walking around NY with the piece of paper, worth multimillions, because no one knew he had it.

“I didn’t expect this big crowd but my Chino Hills customers love me, and I love them”, he said, as news of the winning ticket spread.

Lisa wrote the numbers down, watched the drawing and triple-checked the numbers before startling John awake with the news. Winners must present their tickets to lottery officials for verification.

Those who have winning tickets can call the Michigan Lottery Public Relations Division at 517-373-1237 to schedule an appointment to collect their prize. Talking seriously with experts in tax law, financial planning, privacy, security and other safeguards can help keep them, and their winnings, safe, they say.

From left are Tiffany Robinson, attorney Joe Townsend, John Robinson, Lisa Robinson, and Rebecca Hargrove.

The couple’s daughter and their dog Abby were by their side when they went to the lottery headquarters. “I really didn’t feel like stopping that night, but I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll stop and get them'”.

When asked how they felt about winning, a tearful Lisa told reporters they were simply overwhelmed, but excited. State lottery officials could not immediately be reached Friday morning.

The Wawa store gets US$2500 ($38,000) for selling the winning ticket.

CBS News’ David Begnaud reports from the small working class town of Munford, Tennessee, that Dana Naifeh’s grocery store sold the state’s winning ticket.

A Munford man said he won the Powerball this week, a national media outlet reported Friday.

John Robinson works in information technology and his wife is employed at a dermatologist’s office. The couple is in their middle 50s, neighbors said.

He said the family appreciates community, family values and have always lived within their means. Their neighborhood is a quiet, close-knit suburb of well-kept single family homes. She went to school at Murray State. Lottery officials have yet to confirm the victor, but the Robinson family of Munford, Tennessee, appeared on the Today show Friday with the apparent golden ticket.

Sioban Smith is the first of South Carolina’s $100,000 winners to come forward.

They wanted to surprise her so John told her he wasn’t feeling well and he needed her to bring him some medicine.

She says her mother didn’t discover the prank until she came home from work, where she had celebrated with colleagues.

Staff members, who had not played together prior to Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, each kicked in $5.

“We’re very happy for them”, Mary Sue said. Portlanders filled lines at a Safeway to purchase tickets up to the last minute Wednesday night.